Our favorite new parody of all the pretentious bullshit series on TV, feature films, and the interwebs.
Unless it isn’t a parody, in which case…is this really what watching TV and going to the movies has taught us?
Yikes!
Category: Web Series
Hank Isaac: Underfunded Overachievers #4
Writing on the Edge of Propriety Part 4
by Hank Isaac
How interesting would Little Red Riding Hood be if all that happens to her is that she skins a knee or hooks her coat on some plant thorn. She gets to Grandma’s house and it’s really Grandma who’s in bed. Then they spend the afternoon together eating tea cakes.
As old as I am, I’m still trying to understand a culture which is reviled by the possibility of a child getting a glimpse of a woman’s bare breast (or other body part) and yet is somehow okay with that same child watching endless versions of people getting shot, beat up, maimed, mangled in machinery, eaten by aliens or dinosaurs, having their limbs torn off in violent battles… Not to mention hours and hours of various forms of mental cruelty and deeds which that very same culture at least gives lip service to working against.
And yet, show that breast, or, heaven forbid, show a young girl’s bare chest, and everyone goes ballistic. It probably has a lot to do with people being afraid of their own thoughts. But I’m not a mental health professional, so I can’t speak to that with any schooled authority.
Cargo 3120: The Making of a Sci-Fi Franchise #15
Entry 15 – Juggling Life and Passion Part II
by Daymond C. Roman
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Story So Far starts HERE)
So, last week I said that I would delve a bit deeper into the tasks we all face while making our dreams come true. And, I can’t think of a better way to do that than to start from the beginning.
You see, for this New Year, I decided to reprioritize my life by figuring out what’s important to me and shredding away anything that wasn’t. And, that process lead me to four areas of major importance: health, family, work, and passion. Now, it’s worth mentioning that I am a man of faith and believe that these four areas alone could never provide personal fulfillment. However, I believe that through God’s grace I can be successful in all of these areas to a degree that I will be personally fulfilled.
Leesa Dean: Adventures of a Web Series Newbie #90
Chapter 90 – Kill Your Darlings
by Leesa Dean
Short post this week cause I am BUSY!! Mostly doing rewrites, tightening, tweaking and finishing up the final few episodes of the Lele Show relaunch which has proved more daunting than I counted on. I’m preparing a ridiculous amount of material and there’s so much to organize, write and polish. But the one thing that stands out is: Kill your darlings.
What does that mean? It’s a phrase (possibly) coined by writer William Faulkner (“In writing, you must kill your darlings”) and, in general, known among a lot of writers, particularly screenwriters. It refers to throwing out jokes, lines, phrases, writing that you absolutely love love love but that don’t further the narrative. And that take away from it being tight and cohesive. Argh! It’s very tough to do. Especially when you’re writing comedy. And have to crank out joke after joke.
I’m raking the scripts over the coals. Tightening the narrative. Driving myself insane by cutting, tweaking, cutting. Mourning the loss of certain punchlines. Making sure the tone remains intact. And redefining and settling/on accepting that tone. Reading different versions to a select group of trusted friends for opinions. And the conclusion I’ve come to is: The only thing that really helps is…time. To give the piece space to gel and remove myself a bit so I can what really truly works. And…kill your darlings.
Leesa Dean: Adventures of a Web Series Newbie #89
Chapter 89: Game-Changer
by Leesa Dean
So, big news in the internet world this week.
First: Woody Allen partnered with Amazon Studios to do his first tv series. Which means it’s gonna be on Amazon Instant Video. Which is a game changer. It’s big. And says a lot about how things have been shifting in the world of tv.